Manava Dharmashastra 6.58
Manubhāṣya 6.58
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6.58
abhyarcya yaṃ dadāti so'bhipūjitalābhaḥ | taṃ jugupseteti nindedgarheta | ataśca ninditaṃ na samācaret | sarvaśaḥ sarvakālam | ekamapyahastādṛśaṃ bhaikṣaṃ na gṛhṇīyāt | uttaro'rthavādaḥ | nahi muktasya bandhasaṃbhavaḥ |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Honorific presents’—what is given after due honouring;—this he shall‘disdain’—deprecate, shun; and what is deprecated he shall not do.
‘All’—at all times; not even for a single day he shall accept such an aims.
The second half of the verse is a purely laudatory exaggeration; in reality one who has been liberated can never be‘fettered’ again.—(58).
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit